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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 December 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 363,253

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Mar 2019draw 1,013 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-12-17All recent draws2021-12-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 13 17 20 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

6161times
13133times
17116times
20146times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 668kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 176k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 363.3K
  • 316%ZAR 161.3K
  • 240%ZAR 398.5K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 83.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.8 by chance

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139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,012 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (6, 13, 30) with the draw of 1 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,012 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2021): 17 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 181,626
  • 4276≈ 275 by chanceZAR 303
  • 38,064≈ 8.2k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 279,707≈ 80k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -88,049—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈668k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,064 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 181,626
    4276ZAR 303
    38,064ZAR 20.00
    279,707ZAR 5.00
    -88,049—